vein /veɪn/noun 9verb 1forms 3 noun9 •A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body. •(figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.He[…]is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking. — 1712 •(figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.The play is in a satirical vein. •A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks. •A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. •In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. •The nervure of an insect’s wing. •[in the plural] The entrails of a shrimp. •A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins — 1704 verb1 •To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.[…] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […] — 1853 formsveined · veining · veins
